After they had walked for awhile, the Yellow Brick Road became rough with damaged, uneven, and missing bricks.
Donny walked around the holes while Toto hopped over them. The poor Scarecrow stumbled and fell into the open spaces. Luckily, the impact never hurt him.
"We have roads like this in Kansas," Donny commented.
"On purpose?" the Scarecrow asked with wide eyes.
"No. The roads just get worse and worse because people can't agree on how and when to fix them or who's going to pay for the repairs."
"That doesn't sound very smart," the Scarecrow observed. "If a straw man with no brains can see that, I'm surprised people in Kansas can't."
"Preach!" Donny laughed. The distraction of the joke caused him to trip over the edge of a brick sticking up from the roadway.
The Scarecrow
